"Speaking Polish is not easy."

Translation: Mówienie po polsku nie jest łatwe.

[MynameKika]

To prawda :D Nawet Polacy mają problem

[Wladyszewska]

Zgadzam się w stu procentach :)

[Anton_Slavik]

Mówienie jest łatwe. Pisanie po polsku jest dla mnie dużym problemem.

[moshing_mermaid]

Case in point: I got this one wrong xD

[Nico515253]

Why not 'Mówienie po polsku to nie łatwe.'?

[Jellei]

You can only use the construction with "to" in an "X is Y" sentence, if both X and Y are noun phrases. And here, Y is an adjective.

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/16296174 - more info here :)

[immerweiter]

why łatwe and not łatwy

[WquDT]

I think because the verbal nouns are neutral .

[Jellei]

Yes indeed :)

[Rysiek141]

This should have been the very first sentence of the course, as a warning

[Jellei]

It's way too complicated for the beginning of the course :D

[Guzmanowic]

"mówiać po polsku nie jest łatwe?"

[Jellei]

I guess you meant "mówić", but no, you can't describe a verb in infinitive by using an adjective. You could do it with an adverb: "Nie jest łatwo mówić po polsku" = "It is not easy to speak Polish".

[Hot-Doggy]

Why is "Mówiąc po polsku nie jest łatwe" wrong?

[alik1989]

"Mówiąc" is a so-called contemporary adverbial participle (in most cases it translates to "while speaking"), but you need a verbal noun (gerund) here.

[Hot-Doggy]

I thought it was something like that — just wanted to make sure!
As always, bardzo Ci dziękuję! :)

You never cease to amaze me with your absolutely brilliant English!
Your English is so precise and concise. You never waste a single word! Please carry on!

[F4yY9kZj]

How bad is "Mówienie polskiego języka"?

[alik1989]

Hm... "The speaking of the language of the Poles"?

I'm not even sure that it's grammatical because you can't say "mówić polski język", so the gerund version shouldn't be possible either.